Category Archives: 3rd floor

Progress Upstairs

Posted on August 5, 2009 by carrie

Moving past this weekend’s disappointing setbacks, yesterday we focused on our successes downstairs. Lets move up to floors 1-3 today. Saturday was another Family Team effort. Best parents ever. And cousin (Mike). Mom A. cleaned our 2nd floor bathroom. It … Continue reading →

Posted in 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor, bathrooms, kitchen, work weekend | Tagged bathroom, bedroom, before, drywall, electric, electrical, newark, nj, paint, painting, plaster, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome | 6 Comments

Setbacks & Realizations

Posted on August 3, 2009 by carrie

Another weekend spent working on the house closer to being done closer to moving less than we had before This weekend brought a mixed bag of outcomes. We made progress in certain areas but faced disappointing setbacks in others. Two … Continue reading →

Posted in 3rd floor, garden unit | Tagged bedroom, ceiling, chimney, cleaning, floor, flooring, Floors, gutter, leak, newark, nj, pour, pouring, rain, renovation, roof, row home, row house, rowhome, storm, tile | 9 Comments

Plaster Washers: Round 3

Posted on August 1, 2009 by carrie

Finally some success with the plaster washers! After our experience in the bedroom & parlor I was starting to lose hope. Before we purchased the plaster washers, I spent some time groping our walls to find the squishy spots. I … Continue reading →

Posted in 3rd floor, bedrooms | Tagged before, fix, fixing plaster, newark, nj, old plaster, paint, painting, plaster, plaster washers, problem, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, sand, solution, spackle, washers | 3 Comments

Master Plaster

Posted on July 29, 2009 by carrie

Round 2 with the plaster washers came when faced with a large crack in the plaster of our master bedroom wall. Well, one of the walls. This one, to be precise. I started securing the plaster along the crack with … Continue reading →

Posted in 3rd floor, bedrooms, work weekend | Tagged bedroom, drywall, electric, electrical, lathe, newark, nj, outlets, plaster, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, wall | 8 Comments

You’re Invited!

Posted on July 14, 2009 by carrie

This coming weekend, July 18 & 19, is our next Work Weekend and your chance to be added to the Wall of Awesome. Here’s the plan: Garden Apartment Paint bathroom Install shower surround Install tile in bathroom & back entryway Secure gas … Continue reading →

Posted in 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor, bathrooms, bedrooms, garden unit, Wall of Awesome | Tagged drywall, electric, electrical, newark, nj, paint, painting, refinish, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, satin, semi-gloss, tile, wood, work weekend | 5 Comments

Refinishing: Day 2, Progress

Posted on June 26, 2009 by carrie

Day 2 of refinishing the floors is complete and visible progress has been made. Although, it does look very similar to Wednesday’s progress – LOTS OF SANDING. I stopped by the house Thursday afternoon at lunch with my coworker. There … Continue reading →

Posted in 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor, Floors, JDL Flooring, Product/Service Review | Tagged floor, flooring, Floors, hardwood, newark, nj, refinish, refinishing, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, wood | 11 Comments

Refinishing: Day 1

Posted on June 25, 2009 by carrie

Wednesday, JDL Flooring started on our house. We met with Jon, the owner, a few Saturdays ago during our big basement demo day. Our tenant hadn’t moved out yet so the 2nd story was the only floor sans covering. It … Continue reading →

Posted in 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor, Floors, JDL Flooring, Product/Service Review | Tagged before, floor, flooring, Floors, hardwood, newark, nj, refinish, refinishing, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, sand, sanded, sanding, stain, stained | 25 Comments

Floor Prep

Posted on June 24, 2009 by carrie

The floor refinishers started bright & early this morning but yesterday evening was spent prepping for their arrival. Sure we spent almost all day Saturday tearing up carpet & flooring. And yes, we had all the trash hauled away Monday. … Continue reading →

Posted in 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor, Floors, JDL Flooring | Tagged before, cockapoo, dog, dogs, floor, Floors, hardwood, newark, nj, paint, painted, pine, refinish, refinished, refinishing, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, sand, wood | 10 Comments

Clean Slate

Posted on June 22, 2009 by carrie

Saturday we vanquished the gross flooring the previous owner left us. While I had already ripped up 2 rooms of carpet, there were still several rooms of disgusting left. We chose to divide & conquer. That meant we never really … Continue reading →

Posted in 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor, bathrooms, bedrooms, Floors | Tagged bathroom, bedroom, before, carpet, city, demo, demolition, floor, flooring, Floors, hardwood, laminate, newark, nj, refinish, refinishing, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome, wood | 10 Comments

4th Bedroom Revealed

Posted on June 19, 2009 by carrie

Until Tuesday, the 4th bedroom was mostly a mystery. When we first looked at the house, the room was locked and we weren’t allowed in it. We were told the 2nd & 3rd floors were the same layout, so seeing … Continue reading →

Posted in 3rd floor, bedrooms | Tagged bedroom, before, newark, nj, paint, painting, refinishing, renovation, row home, row house, rowhome | 3 Comments

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